Campimg Too

So last month when we got back from our trip to Utah and Idaho we were home about three hours packing for a camping trip to garden Valley. I was feeling a little tired once we got up there that night and got everything set up we were there two nights and slept at two different camp grounds. after exploring the second day we found we liked betterwe went on a nice hike our last day the kids enjoyed it I just wish we could have gone farther but they got a little tired or maybe I got tired of carrying the baby
and of course we enjoyed many smores Shilo had an interesting way of eating them right of the stick with out roasting it at all and she insisted it be on the stick. Most surprising though was the fact that Emery rather than Shilo got the messiest all in all it was fun though
the high light of the trip is when the kids found their stick guy who is sitting on our mantle now. he has arms and two pine cone eyes and was only made by nature no hot glue involved I promise

I know this is old news

what is going on here that I have not taken the time to blog unfortunately a whole lot of nothing I am mostly being lazy


Gracie had her Kindergarten graduation and bein the procrastinater that I am I was up till 2 o'clock the night before finishing her dress but didn't it turn out cute

We left the next day to go to Utah and Idaho it was great to see everybody. Shilo who usually freaks out over any animals just loved carrying grandmas kitties around we are making progress she no longer screams when she sees a dog
we also enjoyed some time with GG and Bruno Griffin even got to snuggle Bruno
We also got to spend time with Aaron and Kari wich was so fun Kari and I made 4 cakes together and like a bajillion cup cakes okay maybe only 40 to 50. But it was fun and I really enjoyed doing it. We even got our first corn on the cob of the year very yummy

Meniere's Disease

about two and a half weeks ago Jared started having ringing in his ear and it has been really muffled. Then about 5 days later he started experiencing vertigo and dizziness and just for your information their is a difference between the two I never knew. So now after several doctor's visits Jared has been diagnosed with Meniere's disease.You all are probably wondering what that is well basically it is an inner ear problem where you have episodes of ringing, hearing loss, and vertigo or dizziness. Jared's ringing in the ear will stop hopefully soon but it could come back tomorrow or ten years from now we will never know but their is some things we can do to prevent it. There is no cure for Meniere's and they don't know what causes it we will just have to deal with it. Fortunately it is not life threatening just inconvenient. So everyone if you are with Jared and he all of the sudden drops to the ground because of vertigo don't freak out it is just his disease

First haircut

My cute little sweet devilish girl Shilo got her first haircut tonight now I know she is over 2 years old and I know she has super long hair but I have never cut it and since we were cutting everybody elses hair tonight I thought why not so as you can see it was fairly long
now as you can see the girl has hair to spare which unfortunately she is always getting food and snot in it gross I know. And now for the big reveal da da dum..........
AHHH what have I done? What was I thinking? where is my baby girl that child is way to grown up to be mine. Oh well she is still cute and hair grows right. At least her cute smile hasn't changed

For your information

I know I am long over do for a post. Can you believe how big and cute are little guy is getting the time seems to just fly by he is 4 1/2 months old now and is always smiling at everybody and laughs alot too. the only problem I have is keeping the other kids especially Shilo away from him she likes to pick him up by his head and also likes to wake him up and then comes running to me saying Baby's crying. I am getting very excited for school to be out I can't wait for summer that and I am tired of getting my kids up and ready for school every morning. they like to goof around rather than get ready and instead of yell at them all morning I am trying to let them see what happens when you don't manage your time wisely as a result we have missed the bus a couple of times this week
My sister Brita and her husband Blake and their adorable little girl Sadie came over for Griffins Baby blessing and Gracie just loved holding here isn't she a little doll
I think that the baby is wearing daddy out he has not been sleeping very well at nigh lately we are going to try and give him some rice cereal hopefully it helps because mommy is very tired. Jared is just grouchier when he is tired so we try and help him to get as much sleep as possible so he is not a bear.
This is my brother who's wife is going to have a baby in July congrats holding Griffin at the dinner after his blessing. Don't you just love the outfit my mom made for him it was really cute although we had to make some adjustments so it didn't look like a clown suit. over all though he was pretty cute in it
My dad and my niece Jayda taking a little nap at the blessing. Now their is kind of a joke behind this picture. Awhile ago I made a magnet board for my parents with pictures of the family decoupaged on the frame and my dad looks at it and says why am I asleep in all the pictures of me. And it is then we realize that their are alot of pictures of my dad sleeping so this one is for you dad at least you are not sleeping alone

More news

Can you belieave how big our little guy is getting already he is now almost two month give him another week and he'll make it he keeps our life very interesting to say the least and we love to make him smile which isn't very easy
Shilo had a birthday this past month and is now two I can't believe how big my little girl is getting it seems she was just born. She got a stroller for her birthday and loves pushing her babies around that girl has a thing for babies especially her brother which is good and bad. Good when she is being sweet and soft in her loving bad when she is trying to maul him and wakes him up
Emery also had a Birthday this past month and is now 4 years old he wanted a super man cake and since I had scouts that day we did not go really elaborate and yes he wanted chocolate icing. He got a GI Joe wallet and pokemon cards and a batman toy and is already planning his next birthday. He also informed me when he turns 5 he will be as big as Harlan not likely but at least the boy has goals
Another big milestone for Emery is that he stopped sucking his thumbs. He started when he was about 5 or 6 months old and was an ambidextrous thumb sucker but thanks to bribes and transformer band-aids he no longer sucks either of his thumbs for about a month now.
Harlan was chosen to be student of the month at school he has been working really hard at everything especially his reading. He went from being below grade in his reading at the begining of the year to being an accelerated reader and is even reading simple chapter books like the magic tree house series. Hopefully now my posts won't be so jam packed with info I will stay caught up I feel like I have given every one an information over load.

our baby and an actual cake

Here is a cake I did for our young women's value night it was fun despite the trouble I had
So Here he is Griffin Keith born at 8:35 PM on december 29th he was 8lbs. 5 1/2 oz. We are so glad to have him in our family and he is a such a sweetheart. And Aubrey sorry it took me so long to post I don't know what is wrong with me
So Shilo is such a funny girl and is always into something the closet is one of the things I don't mind too much if she gets into. What do you think of the hat I made her sister has one that matches and scarves too.
Shilo is in love with her little brother and it is great except when she wakes him up or decides to lay on him. But she always lets me know when the baby is tying in her words